Sienna could see the spark of confrontation in her mother-in-law's eyes and she did not intend to put it out. She also had zero plans of engaging the woman in a conversation of any kind.
But alas, her mother-in-law pounced!
"Sienna." Lady Cadelaria called the name with grit, as if she was chewing sand. There was no sweetness or niceness to it.
"Oh no," Sienna muttered, "I know that tone."
Lady Cadelaria's eyes gleamed like polished amber. "Sienna," she repeated the name, rolling it over her tongue as if it were a sour fruit. "We must talk about how you are being a failure as a mother."
Sienna stiffened. "Excuse me?"
